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Signal peptidase SpsB coordinates staphylococcal cell cycle, surface protein septal trafficking, and LTA synthesis. Wenqi Yu journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Now published our work on sensitizing MRSA to beta-lactams in Nature Chemical Biology, very nice collaboration with Mobashery and Chang labs at University of Notre Dame. Extra bonus with the cover of the journal. hope you enjoy nature.com/nchembio/?s=09

New therapeutic approaches are needed to treat K. pneumoniae infections; O-polysaccharide is a potential target. Discover the structures and molecular basis for O-antigen polysaccharide diversity in #MMBRJournal: asm.social/2lf

Thanks to all 46 applicants, I am shortlisting now and hope to have invites to interview (HR permitting) out by Friday 4th for interviews within 7-10 days!

📢 We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers Through #Springboard25, we’re investing £7.6m in 62 researchers to drive innovations that improve health and wellbeing 🌍🔬 Congrats to all 2025 awardees! 🎉 👉 bit.ly/springboard25 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Of the four types of biological macromolecules, proteins are by far the most diverse. Learn more at smart-biology.com #biology #science #animation #3D #aimation #EdTech

Easter is approaching but so is the abstract deadline for the Great Wall Symposium: May 1st! If you want a chance to present at the best conference, focused on the Bacterial Cell Envelope, crack on! thegreatwall-symposium.org Sicily, September 15-17th 2025

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Just when you thought.... Bacillus subtilis MurJ and Amj Lipid II flippases are not essential for growth; journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb…

This, wow, just wow..

Sadly Ian Henderson is no longer on twitter but his words here are truth and beautiful. He is doing the Camino walk.

Emerging antimicrobial therapies for Gram-negative infections in human clinical use nature.com/articles/s4425…

Our latest paper is out in science advances discussing cell division and morphogenesis control in S. aureus. Massive congratulations to Mariana and all of our other authors and collaborators!! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Awesome news that two students from my group win prizes at joint Life Sciences & Warwick Med School postgrad symposium: Kate Willett and Dan Karadzas!

latest from us "Regulation of the essential peptidoglycan hydrolytic complex FtsEX-PcsB during Streptococcus pneumoniae cell division" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Beta-lactams covalently bind to Penicillin Binding Proteins and have been the mainstay of antimicrobial chemotherapy for decades. In this new paper with colleagues Bicycle Therapeutics we show a new way to hit old targets: rdcu.be/eoaRI

Microbiology royalty Life Sciences today, Malcolm Winkler and Tiffany Tsui Indiana University. Fantastic lecture on Pneumococcal PG biosynthesis. Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!

Antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial tolerance and heteroresistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa doi.org/10.1038/s41579…

Today we say farewell and best of luck for the future as Dr Fran Gillett leaves the Ropergroup and Life Sciences after 8 years, undergrad through postdoc and goes off to industry. We will mis you Fran

Striking fear to the ropergroup today, I’m back in the lab!!!